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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Last year was a perfect storm. IUP was coming off the Cal debacle, Edinboro had a lot of upperclassmen reved up sky high, and, last years IUP team had some knucklehead 'leaders'.
Not to mention Irv Charles injured his hand in practice and didn't play.
The stars aligned. Worst loss in IUP history in my opinion. Boro came in to that game 1-6.
IUP 2022 and IUP 2021 are completely different animals. This team has great leaders. Last year's leaders were helmet tossers and yappers. Not to mention this team is just better -- better depth, coaching, morale, etc.
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Originally posted by EyeoftheHawk View Post
Agree 100%. Boro isn’t good. They’re a middle of the road team that will finish somewhere near the middle of the West standings. IUP, Cal, SRU, and Shepherd are the thoroughbreds, which is why you see Boro getting whipped by them on the regular. The Scots had their one shining moment last year at IUP. Credit to them for showing up to play that day when IUP didn’t. I don’t expect anything resembling last year on Saturday.
Not to mention Irv Charles injured his hand in practice and didn't play.
The stars aligned. Worst loss in IUP history in my opinion. Boro came in to that game 1-6.
IUP 2022 and IUP 2021 are completely different animals. This team has great leaders. Last year's leaders were helmet tossers and yappers. Not to mention this team is just better -- better depth, coaching, morale, etc.
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Originally posted by iupgroundhog View Post
Sounds kind of weird but I think IUP can make a statement on Saturday. Against an Edinboro team that isn't great (e.g. SRU/Cal) but isn't bad if they can put it all together and play up to their ability without lapses I think they will put themselves in a good place.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
This isn't a statement game. We just had two of those. This is a 'you should hammer them' game.
Edinboro has lost to every good team its played (crushed by Shepherd and Cal). Gannon also doubled them up on the board.
They have skill guys but several true freshmen up front. The mental lapse should be Tort's biggest fear.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
This isn't a statement game. We just had two of those. This is a 'you should hammer them' game.
Edinboro has lost to every good team its played (crushed by Shepherd and Cal). Gannon also doubled them up on the board.
They have skill guys but several true freshmen up front. The mental lapse should be Tort's biggest fear.
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Originally posted by Crimsonhawkfanatic View Post
2-0 vs cal and slip and haven’t played their best game yet is wild to think about, this team keeps improving every week.. I like this team a lot more now than I did after game 1… even though lots of key players were out. This team has lots of fight, which we all saw at Mon Valley U Saturday. I think the hawks will run through the boro this week… especially after how this game ended last year. Hawks are coming for revenge.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
This isn't a statement game. We just had two of those. This is a 'you should hammer them' game.
Edinboro has lost to every good team its played (crushed by Shepherd and Cal). Gannon also doubled them up on the board.
They have skill guys but several true freshmen up front. The mental lapse should be Tort's biggest fear.
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Originally posted by iupgroundhog View Post
Sounds kind of weird but I think IUP can make a statement on Saturday. Against an Edinboro team that isn't great (e.g. SRU/Cal) but isn't bad if they can put it all together and play up to their ability without lapses I think they will put themselves in a good place.
Edinboro has lost to every good team its played (crushed by Shepherd and Cal). Gannon also doubled them up on the board.
They have skill guys but several true freshmen up front. The mental lapse should be Tort's biggest fear.
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Originally posted by Crimsonhawkfanatic View Post
Well said, also Torts teams are road warriors… I’d expect this iup offense to put a lot of points on the board this week, weather seems good which is a surprise for Erie.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
They had two really bad defensive quarters (2nd and 3rd) at ESU. But, as you said, two star defensive players missed the game and it was their first game.
The only game I thought was bad was Shippensburg. Yes, I realize they won by 3 scores. But, they left about 28 points on the field. They easily could have won that game in the 65-10 range.
It's been neat to watch this defense get better with each week. Holding SRU and Cal to 12 and 21 points is very impressive. The secondary, in particular, has really come a long way rather quickly.
I don't blame Edinboro for celebrating last year. They deserved it. IUP had themselves to blame for not showing up. But, yes, it's payback time.
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Originally posted by Crimsonhawkfanatic View Post
2-0 vs cal and slip and haven’t played their best game yet is wild to think about, this team keeps improving every week.. I like this team a lot more now than I did after game 1… even though lots of key players were out. This team has lots of fight, which we all saw at Mon Valley U Saturday. I think the hawks will run through the boro this week… especially after how this game ended last year. Hawks are coming for revenge.
The only game I thought was bad was Shippensburg. Yes, I realize they won by 3 scores. But, they left about 28 points on the field. They easily could have won that game in the 65-10 range.
It's been neat to watch this defense get better with each week. Holding SRU and Cal to 12 and 21 points is very impressive. The secondary, in particular, has really come a long way rather quickly.
I don't blame Edinboro for celebrating last year. They deserved it. IUP had themselves to blame for not showing up. But, yes, it's payback time.
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Originally posted by ShoNuff View Post
I am glad you stated this, because I kind of been thinking the same thing....even though IUP is undefeated.
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